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Frequency of feats of strength in stories
When you read a story, do you prefer to find a lot of feats of strength in it, or is it not important to you, as long as there are some?
Do you lose interest in reading if there is too much?
Personally I prefer it when it is not over the top but well placed.
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Someone just discovering they have superpowers is probably going to have a lot of feats as they experiment and learn. In contrast, some superhero that has been doing this for 20 years probably is going to be extremely casual and controlled about their strength feats.
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I personally like when powers is used to amaze the reader in the context of the story, not when the powers are the story.
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eromacque post=76409 userid=15404Feats of strength are great! They're fantastic! But they should feel organic and part of the story, rather than the subject of the story. Not EVERY car with a flat tire also needs to be missing the jack, you know? ↵eromacque post=76409 userid=15404Feats of strength are great! They're fantastic! But they should feel organic and part of the story, rather than the subject of the story. Not EVERY car with a flat tire also needs to be missing the jack, you know?
Yep, there is always a Miss Jackie or Jacqueline nearby to lend a hand or two...Yep, there is always a Jackie or Jacqueline nearby to lend a hand...
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Their moral compass is another trait that needs to be introduced and developed. Is she humble about her strength or arrogant about it? If she's humble, she will be careful and not seek attention. If she's arrogant, she'll assert her strength toward objects and probably toward people.
In most stories, I think traits of characters (including strength and assertiveness, kindness, or meanness) should be introduced early as these traits will remain in the reader's mind throughout the rest of the story.
In my opinion... introduce strength early, along with mood/character, and tease it through the rest of the story, in small ways as well as big ways.
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...or a certain Miss Diana Prince, undercover as Wonder Woman...
eromacque post=76409 userid=15404Feats of strength are great! They're fantastic! But they should feel organic and part of the story, rather than the subject of the story. Not EVERY car with a flat tire also needs to be missing the jack, you know? ↵eromacque post=76409 userid=15404Feats of strength are great! They're fantastic! But they should feel organic and part of the story, rather than the subject of the story. Not EVERY car with a flat tire also needs to be missing the jack, you know?
Yep, there is always a Miss Jackie or Jacqueline nearby to lend a hand or two...Yep, there is always a Jackie or Jacqueline nearby to lend a hand...
The wheels were spinning, but the car was going nowhere -
"Don't worry Steve, no problems here, I've got this all under control"
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